Table of Contents
Republished with Permission
Author: Bryce Edwards
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Tory Whanau bows out of Wellington mayoral race
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Tory Whanau quits Wellington mayoral race
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Tory Whanau’s withdrawal upends race for Wellington mayor
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Tory Whanau drops out of Wellington’s mayoral race
1News: Tory Whanau drops out of Wellington mayoral race
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Tory Whanau drops out of mayoral race
Kelly Dennett (Post): Tory Whanau quits Wellington mayoral race (paywalled)
RNZ: Andrew Little secures Labour mayoral nomination
Tom Hunt (Post): ‘It’s politics, it’s a political organisation’: New Wellington council boss speaks (paywalled)
Bill Hickman (RNZ): Not too late to save the City to Sea Bridge - lawyers
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Advocates for Wellington’s City to Sea Walkway question decision to demolish}
Catherine Hutton (Herald): High Court hears Wellington Civic Trust’s challenge of council’s decision to demolish City to Sea bridge
Post: Council officers funnelled demolition option for City to Sea Bridge, court told (paywalled)
Harriet Laughton (Post): Council hears views on rates, water (paywalled)
Nick James (RNZ): Golden Mile upgrade poised to begin, but not all contracts signed
Harriet Laughton (Stuff): Sod turned for Golden Mile but key contract still unsigned
Tom Hunt (Post): Tapu Te Ranga marae rebuild waits on Wellington infrastructure woes (paywalled)
Ffion Heale (Post): Bringing the voice of Wellington’s youth to council (paywalled)
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Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Auckland iwi boss accuses NZ First, ACT MPs of 'scaremongering' with Waitākere Ranges claims
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Shane Jones, David Seymour reject Waitākere Ranges ‘co-governance’ plan
Mary Argue (RNZ): Ruapehu mayor launches independent investigation into $700,000 council overspend
David Williams (Newsroom): Injured port worker recovers after surgery, incident investigated
Denise Piper (Northern Advocate): Whangārei pensioners grapple with proposed 30% rates hike
HOUSING, BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
1News: Builders, plumbers, drainlayers to be able to sign off some of their own work
RNZ: Government reveals new scheme to accelerate building projects
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Builders and plumbers get the power to sign off their own work (paywalled)
Maria Slade (BusinessDesk): 'Trusted' builders to certify their own work (paywalled)
James Bush (Post): The tragic and the magic of city design, and the lessons we should learn (paywalled)
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Windbag: The rise and fall of character areas
Hamish MacLean (ODT): Can’t be both’ councillor, panel member (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): Auckland property manager harassed four tenants, tribunal rules (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Ministry of Regulation salaries continue to top average $150K one year on
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Anatomy of an infant formula stoush (paywalled)
Gavin Ellis: There is a well-worn pattern to Winnie on the warpath
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): It’s time for a Kiwi DOGE
RNZ: Poor scores for govt agencies on record keeping - Chief Archivist
Mary O’Sullivan (Newstalk ZB): AI deepfakes in Australian election pose warning for New Zealand
Bob McCoskrie: Why they keep yelling “Imported Culture Wars!”
Julie Jacobson (Post): Final farewell comes at quite a cost (paywalled)
ECONOMY, BUDGET, INEQUALITY
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): 'Haves' outnumbered by 'have-nots', and it's getting worse
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Watch: Nicola Willis on what to expect from the Budget – no charities tax this year
Alex Penk (Post): Why religion should still be spared taxation (paywalled)
David Hargreaves (Interest): RBNZ 'couldn't be blamed' if it decided to withdraw its OCR forecasts
Sam Stubbs (Sunday Star Times): And now for some good news (paywalled)
Andrew Patterson (Newsroom): Global inflation fears rise as consumers hunker down
Jane Phare & Anne Gibson (Herald): Intergenerational wealth: How heirs to family fortunes earn their keep (paywalled)
POLICE, FIREARMS, CRIME
Derek Cheng (Herald): Firearms Minister Nicole McKee wants the gun registry gone – review says she should keep it (paywalled)
Michael Morrah (Herald): Police reveal audit of police college applicants after discovering fitness test breaches (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Police applicants who failed physical test still admitted for training
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Police warned over shifting information to Microsoft cloud services
A J Hendry: Tamatha Paul Was Right: Police Don't Mean Safety for Everyone
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Claim crime target met, but violent incidents continue in New Zealand
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): Officials warned citizen arrests plan won’t reduce retail crime (paywalled)
Alexa Cook (RNZ): Wairoa locals uneasy after spate of gang crimes
RNZ: Most arrests in Wairoa under latest gang conflict warrant for weapons
Don Wiseman (RNZ): Two decades on, New Zealand Police continue as advisors in Bougainville
ENERGY
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Three arguments from power firms that should get short shrift (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Is your power bill 'average'?
Will Harvie (Press/Post): Is Shane Jones right? The truth about coal, gas and renewables in New Zealand’s energy mix (paywalled)
Jamie Gray (Herald): Contact Energy CEO Mike Fuge says big projects subject to ‘whims and fancies of commissioners or judiciary’ (paywalled)
Jenny Ruth: Can ComCom greenlight Contact’s takeover of Manawa? (paywalled)
Jamie Gray (Herald): Huntly power unit may stay operational until 2035, Genesis confirms
EDUCATION, SCIENCE
Anna Whyte (Post): Seymour’s mayoral truancy letters ‘at odds with government direction’ (paywalled)
Cate Macintosh (Press/Post): “I’m sick of being sick”: Call to fix air quality in schools and childcare (paywalled)
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Government announces $53m boost for teacher registrations, practising certificates fees
Anna Whyte (Post): Government to pay teacher registration fees (paywalled)
Kathy Spencer (Post): Ministry for Regulation no match for ECE red tape (paywalled)
David Taylor (Spinoff): Why I’ve told my principal I will not teach the new proposed English curriculum
RNZ: New English curriculum 'system racism' by omission says Auckland head teacher
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): Surge in school student stand-downs a concerning education issue (paywalled)
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): NZ’s long-standing R&D target scrapped
HEALTH
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Anger over slashing of ICU beds
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Healthcare providers funding immunisations out of own pockets, Health NZ admits 'work to do'
RNZ: 'Hīkoi for Health': Doctors on journey to change New Zealand's public health system
Monique Steele (RNZ): Rural women face barriers to abortion, contraceptive care, MoH review says
Anna Brooks (Newsroom): NZ’s Long Covid blind spot nothing short of a crisis
Sarah Catherall (Listener): Cancer rising: How disengagement with the health system might hinder cancer detection (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Wellington Free Ambulance calls for 52 cent lifeline (paywalled)
RNZ: Health NZ disappointed that Association of Salaried Medical Specialists strike to go ahead
Mary Argue (RNZ): Auckland University Covid vaccine safety study could lose funding in final year after DOGE review
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Coroner never saw hospital investigation before ruling on death
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE
Paula Penfold and Justin Wong (Stuff): China Targets: Global investigation reveals Beijing’s targeting of people in NZ
RNZ: Government takes action against foreign attacks on ground-based space operations
ODT Editorial: Glad to get away from it all (paywalled)
Phil Goff (Stuff): What the Trump Administration means for New Zealand
Thomas Manch (Post): NZ to sign defence agreement with Philippines (paywalled)
TRANSPORT
RNZ: Government eyeing more affordable domestic airfares as Air NZ costs surge
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): ‘Driving is not cheap, either’: Air NZ responds to domestic fare hike criticism
Ruby Shaw (ODT): Retained school speed limits supported
Whakatane Beacon: Speed limits: State Highway 30 between Whakatāne and Rotorua to be restored to 100km/h
RNZ: Trains back up and running in Auckland after two weeks
Dave Armstrong (Post): The transport mode that’s a quiet success story (paywalled)
ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Why the climate commission says more carbon credits are needed
James J Bell (The Conversation): Reefs in the ‘middle’ light zone along NZ’s coast are biodiversity hotspots – many are home to protected species
Jenny Pattrick (Newsroom): Denniston Rose author says new coal mine is ‘crazy’
Linda Hall (Local Democracy Reporting): Runner ‘shocked’ as herd of cows break into Napier estuary for a paddle
BANKS, FINANCIAL SERVICES
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): David Seymour sides with banks after ‘disappointing’ advice from Regulation Ministry (paywalled)
Giles Dexter (RNZ): ACT drafts member's bill to remove banking climate disclosures
BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT
Richard Meade (The Conversation): This may be as good as it gets: NZ and Australia face a complicated puzzle when it comes to supermarket prices
John Lewis (ODT): Tribute paid to employees killed or injured at work
RNZ: 'Complicated' card surcharge fees need to be simplifed - Retail NZ
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Visa calls for ban on surcharges
Jonathan Killick (Stuff): ‘Disgusting’: Auckland woman offered free pizza after delivery driver’s alleged assault
Sandra Conchie (Bay of Plenty Times): Five Tauranga liquor stores handed licence suspension after being caught selling to minors
David Farrier: Are The NZ Media Awards Sponsored By a Conspiracy Theorist?
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): On The Money: Passports, uncharted rocks, road love and more … (paywalled)
INSURANCE
Ella Somers (Interest): Insurance Council finds New Zealanders are slow to switch insurance providers
K Gurunathan (Post): Memo to the Insurance Council: why the silence on Kāpiti?
RETIREMENT AGE
Bryan Bruce: Ep 44 Head2Head - Susan St John on rethinking Superannuation
Liam Dann (Herald): Why 70 really is the new 50 ... and why the retirement age will need to rise (paywalled)
GENDER
Tracy Watkins (Sunday Star Times): How a British court changed the debate over trans rights (paywalled)
Louisa Wall (Post): Trans people deserve safety, not exclusion (paywalled)
CAVE CREEK
1News: 'Sadness, gratitude': Cave Creek survivors reflect 30 years on
Samantha Gee (RNZ): Remembering the Cave Creek victims on 30th anniversary
Joanne Nash (Press/Post): A legacy for good: 30 years on from the Cave Creek disaster (paywalled)
OTHER
John Weekes (Herald): Covid wage subsidy fraud, money laundering case: Luke Daniel Rivers pleads guilty to nearly $1m fraud
RNZ: Internal Affairs seeks new 'face capture solution'
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Why a vital internet link for many Kiwis could soon be cut
Nikki Mandow (Newsroom): Random people with real power
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Cross-party hope for anti-trafficking legislation
Alexa Cook (RNZ): Hawke's Bay secures funding for Whirinaki flood mitigation project
Ashleigh McCaull (RNZ): Women's Refuge receives much-needed funding boost for staff training
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): The Detail: Chatham Islands hopes for a more independent future
RNZ: Olivia Podmore inquest: 'They turned a blind eye' - family condemn sports leadership
